An appropriate outcome for a patient with a personality disorder and a nursing diagnosis of Ineffective coping as evidenced by use of manipulation would be that the patient will: _______.

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People who are manipulative tend to use manipulation so regularly that it becomes almost an automatic,unconscious response.Being able to recognize or acknowledge when their behavior is manipulative is the first step to replacing manipulation with more adaptive ways of meeting one's needs,paving the way for taking greater responsibility for controlling manipulative behavior.Most people are at least occasionally manipulative,so a complete absence of manipulative behavior would be an unrealistic outcome expectation.Manipulation is maladaptive whether used to meet "legitimate" needs or illegitimate needs.Identifying anger would be helpful for managing maladaptive responses to that emotion but not for manipulation.

An Appropriate Outcome for a Patient with a Personality Disorder